Forty persons were hurt when suspected Chechen rebels rammed an explosive-laden truck into the regional headquarters of Russia's Federal Security Services in Ingushetia.
"It happened to me but I will not tell you where or how," Arnaud Clement told reporters after his first-round defeat by Russia's Mikhail Youzhny at the Paris Masters Series tournament.
Sania Mirza and Leander Paes advanced to the second round of the doubles events with their respective partners at Wimbledon
India's Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam Qureshi crashed out of the US Open after going down fighting in the men's doubles first round contest at the Flushing Meadows in New York.
Former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro's comeback from a lengthy injury layoff was cut short by Kazakhstan qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin in the quarter-finals of the Sydney international on Thursday.
The Indian Grandmaster won the 18-player tournament by a two-point margin over nearest rival Levon Aronian of Armenia.
The seventh seeds were subdued 6-1, 7-6 (4) by Janko Tipsarevic and Mikhail Youzhny
Igor Andreev took Russia to their second successive Davis Cup final by beating Philipp Kohlschreiber in the fifth and deciding rubber.
Argentina reached the Davis Cup final for the second time as victory in the doubles gave them an unassailable 3-0 lead over Australia.
Juventus progressed to the Champions League last 16 after a Cristiano Ronaldo goal and a late header from substitute Alvaro Morata gave them a comeback 2-1 home win over Hungarians Ferencvaros on Tuesday.
Defending champion Rafael Nadal has pulled out of next week's China Open because of an ankle injury.
The sixth seeds beat fourth seeds Paul Hanley of Australia and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe in a nail-biting men's doubles semi-final at the US Open.
The Indo-Belgian pair lost 4-6, 4-6 to Leos Friedl and Mikhail Youzhny in the men's doubles first round.
Greg Rusedski bid a muted goodbye to Canadian tennis fans with a 6-4, 6-2 loss to Russian Mikhail Youzhny.
Top seed Ivan Ljubicic was the only seed to reach the quarter-finals of the Zagreb indoor tournament
Marat Safin has withdrawn from the Russia team for the Davis Cup quarter-final against France with a knee injury
They were beaten by Frederic Niemeyer of Canada and Glenn Weiner of the US in the first round at Wimbledon.
Ramkumar Ramanathan, who will be playing singles alongside Prajnesh Gunneswaran, will form the second men's doubles pairing with Sumit Nagal, who arrived only late on Friday night.
Acknowledging that the trial against oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky had lowered trust in Russian economy, Moscow on Wednesday said the Yukos case was a "serious lesson", which should never be repeated.
The 29-year-old former French Open finalist failed the out-of-competition test in February after a urine sample was found to contain letrozole - a substance used in the treatment of breast cancer which is also on the banned drug list of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
champion Lleyton Hewitt and Sam Groth combined to defeat Kazakhstan in their Davis Cup doubles tie on Saturday and keep Australia's semi-final hopes alive.
Grandmaster and former national champion B Adhiban beat Brazilian Grandmaster Alexander Fier in the second round and advance to the third round of the chess World Cup in Tromso, Norway, on Thursday
Both scored straight-set victories in Friday's semi-finals.
India's Rohan Bopanna and his Romanian partner Florin Mergea began their campaign at the Wimbledon championships with a hard-fought win over over Tim Smyczek and Jiri Vesley in the men's doubles.
The Australian Open champion will lead Russia in next month's Davis Cup World Group opening round tie against Chile.
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The Indo-Czech pair beat second seeds Mark Knowels and Daniel Nestor in the semi-finals.
Haas had earlier defeated Russia's Mikhail Youzhny with an identical 6-4, 6-3 score.
The Israeli GM drew first blood in the fight for 5-8 places, beating the Belgian GM in the first game of the two-game mini-match in the World Chess Cup.
A court on Tuesday declared tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky guilty of an array of charges including fraud and tax evasion, and sentenced him to nine years in prison minus the time served.
The Indian ace beat Englishman Michael Adams via the tie-breaker to enter the final of the Corsica Masters.
Substitute Dmitry Tursunov beat Andy Roddick in an epic five-set battle to seal a Russian victory over the United States.
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